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What difference between "the door is painted" and "the door is being painted"? "the door is painted" - is it completed action? "the door is being painted"? - is it now...at the moment of speaking?
Mar 4, 2018 12:13 PM
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The door is painted = there is paint on it. This paint could be 1 week old, 3 months old, 20 years old. (Synonym: the door has been painted) The door is being painted = I/you/she/he/John paints the door now... is painting it (now at the moment of speaking, yes)
March 4, 2018
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"The door is being painted" means that the action is happening now. "The door is painted" is possibly incomplete and so more than one meaning is possible: The door is painted every year- using present simple to show a habit The door is painted blue- means that the door is blue and is blue because it has been painted that colour.
March 4, 2018
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Yes, you are correct about both. In the first sentence, painted functions as an adjective. When combined with the present simple, it becomes a fact that the door is painted. In the second, you can see the present continuous structure, which means it is ongoing in the present.
March 4, 2018
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